SRV Records

An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to direct a domain to a third-party server and use it for some service different from a website. This may be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so forth. When an SRV record is set up, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol which the domain name will use and the port, which will be used to connect to the remote server. Furthermore, provided that you have numerous SRV records for the very same service, you can set different priorities and weights for each one of them, allowing you to spread the load between a number of machines. Such a record will enable you to employ the same domain name or subdomains under it with different providers, so you can use it for many purposes even if you cannot get all of the services from one provider.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

If you host a domain name inside a web hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you'll be able to create a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records part of your Hepsia CP. Our intuitive interface makes it much easier to set up a new record compared with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will only need to fill a few boxes and you will be ready. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last 2 you can set any value in between 1 and 100 depending on which server you want customers to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an extra option, you can pick how long this record will be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If you're not required otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A new SRV record can be created within seconds for each and every domain name hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a very easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to set up any DNS record even when you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you could set up records using the DNS administration tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You have to input the service, port number and protocol info as well as the record value in them and the new record is going to be live right after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You can change any one of the two in case the other provider has requested you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain live if changed or erased, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.